2025 was a big year for online privacy. Zcash, one of the first hot coins, surged over 600% and was one of the biggest success stories of the year. Ethereum and Solana have announced major initiatives to ensure the privacy of their networks. And startups developing privacy-preserving technologies with zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs and fully homomorphic […]
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Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the company behind Truth Social, announced plans on Wednesday to distribute a new digital token to shareholders in a deal with Crypto.com. The token will be issued using Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain. Trump Media said in a press release that once the program launches, each shareholder would receive one token
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Cronos (CRO) joined Solana (SOL) as one of the top performers, also up 1.4%.
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APTE$1.6912 fell 2.4% to $1.69 on below-average volume, significantly underperforming the broader crypto market. The broader market index, the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), was 0.5% higher at press time. This relative weakness compared to major cryptocurrencies signals selective investor caution toward APT, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the token
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Korbit, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange in talks to be acquired by Mirae Asset, has been fined 2.73 billion won ($1.9 million) by the country’s regulator for multiple anti-money laundering and customer verification violations. The Financial Intelligence Unit said the exchange violated key provisions of the country’s special financial transactions law, including breaches of customer
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Bitcoin BTC$88,900.11 The 2025 surge was expected to be historic, with some industry experts suggesting the largest cryptocurrency would reach highs of $180,000 to $200,000 by the end of the year. It was historic. But not as we thought. It is true that bitcoin hit an all-time high earlier than expected, reaching over $126,200 on
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Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list 11 crypto “strategy” exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including aave. AAVE$149.49un-exchange UNITED$5.9068zcash ZEC$525.46, SUI$1.4484 And TAO$223.11. Tuesday’s N-1A filing details an approach that involves investing up to 60% of a fund’s assets directly in the underlying token, with the remainder
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New York Times editors share their biggest questions as we leave 2025 behind and look toward 2026. By Richard W. Stevenson, Mohammed Hadi, Nestor Ramos, Nikita Stewart, Michael Mason, Gilad Thaler, David Seekamp, Lauren Pruitt, Luke Piotrowski and Edward Vega December 31, 2025
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Cypherpunk Technologies (CYPH), a digital asset treasury company backed by the Winklevoss twins, said it purchased $28 million worth of zcash privacy coins. ZEC$524.53bringing its overall assets to 290,062 ZEC ($152 million). The Nasdaq-listed company said in a press release on Tuesday that it purchased 56,418 tokens at an average price of $514.02 per token
